Airmen and Soldiers experience Iraq's history
ALI BASE, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Ariel Sauvey, 407th Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron, takes in the view of the ruins of King Shulgi’s palace from atop the Great Ziggurat of Ur Feb. 9. The Ziggurat construction was finished in the 21st century B.C. by King Shulgi in the ancient city of Ur, which is near An Nasiriyah in present-day Iraq. Members of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group Chaplains Office offer three tours weekly of the Ziggurat and ruins of the city of Ur. Sergeant Sauvey is deployed to Ali from the 78th Operation Support Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and hails from Greenville, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Marasky)